Beyond the shores of Hope’s Peak, North Carolina, evil waits as his next victim approaches. He’ll make her a princess like the others…

Detective Jane Harper can’t shake the image of the young woman discovered in a field—eyes closed, a crown of woven vines on her head. She expects macabre murders like this in her native San Francisco, not here. Jane and her partner, Stu, vow to catch the killer, but in this town, that’s easier said than done. The police department is in the grips of a wide-reaching scandal that could topple the entire force, and Jane and Stu face a series of dead ends. Until they meet Ida Lane.

Ida knows too well the evil that lurks in the cornfields. Tortured by her mother’s murder years before, Ida is paralyzed by the fear that she could be next. As the killer grows bolder, Jane must persuade Ida to use her remarkable gifts to help in the investigation. It’s a decision that brings them closer to the killer…maybe too close.

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“As a way to welcome you to Hope’s Peak, North Carolina, we start with a brutally slain girl in a cornfield. It happens close to this small tourist town where every so often a black teenaged or early-twenties girl gets brutally raped and murdered.” By Rob Natiuk TOP 1000 REVIEWER

“This is going to be a brief review because I felt the book wasn’t well written. Quite a few typos and the editing was off. I really didn’t care for the writing style of this book – the only time the author went into any detail was in describing a murder. I didn’t invest myself in the plot as it felt formulaic, and the main character – a female detective – was written as if she had no personality or substance to her. Seriously, NC is hot and sticky, I get it. I got the book for free through Kindle First so I’m not out anything but time.”By Mary